Noah mit seinen Angehörigen vor dem Opferaltar kniend, 1784

Title

Noah mit seinen Angehörigen vor dem Opferaltar kniend

Draughtsman

• Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfer

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a print?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Schaefer del. et. inv: / 1784.; bezeichnet mittig: Noah.

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1867

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Noah

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 8,20

Primary

• 71B343 Noah's sacrifice; various animals are offered, possibly a lamb, a dove and a ram (often combined with the rainbow of the covenant)
• 71B34311 God's covenant with Noah: never again shall there be a flood; as a sign of this covenant God puts a rainbow in the sky
• 12A312 the altar of burnt offering, the brazen altar ~ Jewish religion